Here’s what I’ve been diggin’ so far, roughly in order building up to my favorite album of the year so far. Several of these I haven’t had a ton of time to re-listen to, so I suspect the list will change in December…
25. J. Cole, Might Delete Later
24. Bugzy Malone, The Great British Dream
23. Kacey Musgraves, Deeper Well
22. Pearl Jam, Dark Matter
21. Arrested Development, Bullets in the Chamber
20. Tierra Whack, World Wide Whack
19. Cody Jinks, Change the Game
18. Arkells, Disco Loadout
17. Conway the Machine, Slant Face Killah
16. Taylor Swift, Tortured Poets Department
15. Freddie Gibbs x Thelonious Coltrane, Crack, Instagram and AIDS (remixes)
14. Beyonce, Cowboy Carter
13. Guilty Simpson x Abstract Museum, Block Runners
12. Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s battle raps
11. Black Keys, Ohio Players
10. Vampire Weekend, Only God Was Above Us
9. Schoolboy Q, Blue Lips
8. Britti, Hello I’m Britti
7. Various Artists, Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration Of Tom Petty
6. Sierra Ferrell, Trail of Flowers
5. Masta Ace x Marco Polo, Richmond Hill
4. Benny the Butcher, Everybody Can’t Go
3. Rachel Chinouriri, What a Devastating Turn of Events
2. Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Past is Still Alive
1. Mach Hommy, #RICHAXXHAITIAN
Honorable Mentions and Ones I Haven’t Had Enough Time With Yet:
- Don Trip, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
- Kings Leon
- Blitzen Trapper, 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions
- Idles, Tangk
- Big Hit, Hit-Boy & The Alchemist-Black and Whites
- CJ Fly, Baited
- Your Old Droog, Movie
- Casper McWade, Something for the Pain
- The Game and Big Hit, Paisley Dreams
- Various Artists, Everybody’s Getting Involved (Talking Heads tribute)
- Heems x Lapgan, Lafandar
- The Game and Woodboy Gee, Time
